Bungie just revealed everything coming in Destiny 2 Episode: Heresy Act 2, including a new activity, new weapons, Guardian Games 2025, a wild new PvP mode, and a free dungeon event.
Destiny 2 Heresy Act 2 is just around the corner. The first act took players back to the Dreadnaught, with a new seasonal activity called The Nether. But that was just the beginning. Act 2 is launching soon, and Bungie has pulled back the curtain on what’s coming next in the Heresy Act 2 Developer Livestream.
If you missed the stream, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Here’s everything Bungie revealed, including a new seasonal activity, Guardian Games 2025, new loot, a wild new PvP mode, and a massive free dungeon event.
Destiny 2 Heresy Act 2: Court of Blades Seasonal Activity
The biggest highlight of Act 2 is the Court of Blades, a new take on the classic Court of Oryx from Destiny 1: The Taken King. This new activity mixes fast-paced encounters with roguelike mechanics, meaning each run will feel different depending on the choices you make.
Each run in Court of Blades lasts around 10 minutes, making it much quicker than the Nether. You’ll travel through locations from old, vaulted planets like Io, fighting through multiple encounters where you can choose different Buffs and Augments. Some of these perks will straight-up boost your abilities, while others add extra challenges in exchange for better rewards.
Speaking of rewards, Adept weapons will be available for those tackling the Expert Mode version of this activity. And if you’re wondering about Oryx’s voice in Heresy, yes, Bungie officially confirmed that Joshua David King is the voice behind The Taken King.
Learn more about this activity here.
New Weapons Coming in Heresy Act 2
Heresy Act 2 will add four new seasonal weapons to the list. These are: Refusal of the Call Strand Adaptive Glaive, Anamnesis Void Lightweight Bow, Division Arc Sidearm, and Afterlight Void Adaptive Fusion.
Check out the full perk pool for each of these weapons below!
Refusal of the Call
- Weapon Type: Glaive
- Adaptive Glaive: Hybrid melee/ranged polearm with a frontal shield. Generates energy on dealing ranged damage. [Aim Down Sights]: Raise shield, depleting energy over time [Melee]: Kinetic melee combo
- Element: Strand
- RPM: 55
- Magazine: 4
- Perks:
- Column 3: Impulse Amplifier, Slice, Tilting at Windmills, Envious Assassin, Replenishing Aegis, Discord, Auto-Loading Holster
- Column 4: Melee Momentum, Vorpal Weapon, Unstoppable Force, Sword Logick, Close to Melee, Disruption Break, Beacon Rounds
Division
- Weapon Type: Sidearm
- Heavy Burst: Fires a hard-hitting, two-round burst. Slightly reduces flinching from incoming fire while aiming.
- Element: Arc
- RPM: 325
- Magazine: 24
- Perks:
- Column 3: Perfect Float, Eddy Current. Hip-Fire Grip, To the Pain, Pugilist, Grave Robber, Encore
- Column 4: Voltshot, Kill Clip, Sword Logic, Swashbuckler, Offhand Strike, Eye of the Storm, Surrounded
Anamnesis
- Weapon Type: Combat Bow
- Lightweight Frame: Recurve Bow. Draw quickly and move faster while this weapon is equipped. [Reload]: Use while drawn to cancel the shot.
- Element: Void
- Draw Time: 580
- Perks:
- Column 3: Archer’s Tempo, Dragonfly, Successful Warm-Up, Hip-Fire Grip, Repulsor Brace, To the Pain, Perfect Float
- Column 4: Destabilizing Rounds, Demoralize, Adagio, Impulse Amplifier, Sword Logic, Moving Target, Explosive Head
Afterlight
- Weapon Type: Fusion Rifle
- Adaptive Frame: A well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy
- Element: Void
- Charge Time: 660
- Perks:
- Column 3: Under Pressure, Grave Robber, Lead from Gold, Discord, Offhand Strike, Ambitious Assassin, Pugilist
- Column 4: Reservoir Burst, Swashbuckler, Adagio, Cornered, Vorpal Weapon, Successful Warm-Up, Destabilizing Rounds
Heresy Act 2 Artifact Perks Preview
Bungie has also revealed the five new perks that will be joining the new Tablet of Ruin seasonal Artifact in Heresy Act 2. These can be found below!
- Overload Trace Rifles: Uninterrupted fire from your equipped Trace Rifle causes the beam to stun combatants, delaying ability energy regeneration and exhausting them. Strong against Overload Champions.
- Exhausted targets deal reduced outgoing damage.
- Beam Medic: Rapid Trace Rifle final blows heal you and nearby allies. Powerful combatants increase the amount.
- Elemental Siphon: Rapid final blows with a Kinetic weapon or a weapon matching your equipped Super create an elemental pickup that matches your equipped Super.
- Boost: Elemental pickups grant matching Super energy when they are collected.
- Harsh Refraction: Trace Rifles do more damage to targets afflicted by elemental debuffs matching their elemental type.
- Limit Break: Casting a Super while you are critically wounded or have an elemental buff matching your Super element grants a period of increased Super damage.
Barrow-Dyad Exotic Catalysts Release Dates
Bungie has confirmed that the first two Catalysts for this Exotic weapon Barrow-Dyad will be available in Act 2, with the last two going live in Act 3 of Heresy.
Destiny 2 Heresy Act 2: Guardian Games 2025
Guardian Games is back on March 11, and this year, it’s getting a “bite-sized” boss rush mode. The new armor sets are Gladiator-themed. These sets can be found below!
- Titans: Honor of Ares
- Hunters: Glory of Apollo
- Warlocks: Favor of Athena
The new weapon coming in Guardian Games 2025 is called Keraunios, an Arc Trace Rifle.
- Weapon Type: Trace Rifle
- Adaptive Frame: A well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy
- Element: Arc
- RPM: 1000
- Magazine: 98
- Perks:
- Column 3: Overflow, Hip-Fire Grip, Discord, Recycled Energy, Perfect Float, Dynamic Sway Reduction, Eddy Current
- Column 4: Detonator Beam, Rolling Storm, Killing Tally, Jolting Feedback, Closing Time, Harmony, Killing Wind
Learn more about what’s coming in Guardian Games 2025 here.
Destiny 2 Heresy Act 3: The Sunless Cell Strike Returns
Bungie also teased Act 3, which is bringing back the classic Sunless Cell strike from Destiny 1: The Taken King.
Heresy Act 3 launches on April 1, 2025.
Destiny 2 Heresy Act 3: New PvP Mode “Heavy Metal”
Now, let’s talk PvP. Bungie announced Heavy Metal, a brand-new Crucible mode that is completely different from anything we’ve seen before. Instead of playing as players on foot, players will pilot massive Fallen Brigs and Drake Tanks in a team-based vehicle combat.
And before you ask, yes, Drake Tanks can now do rocket-boosted backflips. Heavy Metal will be a limited-time PvP mode and is expected to launch sometime during Act 3.
Take a look at the gameplay preview below!
🚨New limited-time PvP mode coming Heresy Act 3: Heavy Metal.
— Destiny Bulletin (@DestinyBulletn) March 4, 2025
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Destiny 2 Heresy Act 3: Rite of the Nine Dungeon Event
During Heresy Act 3, Bungie is rolling out Rite of the Nine, a free, limited-time event centered around three dungeons:
- Prophecy
- Spire of the Watcher
- Ghosts of the Deep
Each dungeon is getting a set of revamped weapons, with 12 in total (4 from each dungeon). These weapons will have a Prophecy/Nine-themed aesthetic and will be updated with fresh perk pools. These also come with a new Origin Trait, Gravity Well, which states, “Reloading this weapon automatically gathers nearby ammo.”
If you want to farm specific weapons, Bungie is introducing an attunement system, similar to Into the Light, where you can increase drop chances for the weapons you want.
There will also be three difficulty options:
- Explorer Mode: A beginner-friendly mode with mechanic explanations, no encounter wipes, and faster respawns.
- Eternity Mode: The standard difficulty experience.
- Ultimatum Mode: Contest-level difficulty with extra modifiers for the most hardcore players.
On top of that, Bungie is adding some aspirational rewards for those who take on the toughest challenges, including five new emblems, earnable weapon cosmetics, and an event exclusive Seal/Title.
And, that’s pretty much all the major announcements made during the developer livestream for Heresy Act 2. Keep in mind that Act 2 launches next week on March 11, 2025, and Act 3 is coming three weeks later on April 1, 2025.
Watch the full developer livestream below!
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